Acute lung injury and chronic lung inflammation are major causes of morbidity and mortality in the US and worldwide. The cellular and molecular factors that function to limit the extent of acute and chronic inflammation ...

Plasmodium falciparum is the parasite responsible for the most deadly cases of malaria in humans. Emerging resistance of P. falciparum to available treatments is of concern, and necessitates the development of novel compounds ...

Various species of mosquitoes from the genus Anopheles vector the Plasmodium spp. parasites responsible for human malaria. While traditional, drug and insecticide based, efforts to control malaria have met with some success ...

Malaria is a global health emergency. Current estimates indicate that 3.3 billion people live at risk of infection and that more than half a million lives are lost to the disease annually, most of them from children under ...

Malaria is a life-threatening infectious disease caused by the Plasmodium parasite. Nearly half of the global population is at risk of acquiring malaria and there are approximately 500,000 deaths and 200 million cases ...

Plasmodium falciparum and Toxoplasma gondii are human parasites that belong to the phylum Apicomplexa and are the causative agents of malaria and toxoplasmosis, respectively. These parasites infect billions of people ...

Problem Statement: Accurate data on coverage of health interventions is required for continued reduction in child mortality. This study assessed the validity of the standard indicator on care-seeking for child illness and ...